What exactly happened between South Korea and China recently? Why are you criticizing Korea?

In order to improve my Korean language skills, I kept reading Korean news every day. When I first went to Korea, I took some time to watch Korean programs every day. Later, I did some statistics and found that I see a lot of news about China every day. Of course, almost all of it is negative. If someone says something good about China, it will almost always end up with the following meaning: "China is developing like this." It will pose a threat to South Korea." Not only in the news, I once saw such a scene in an entertainment program: I was interviewing a Korean female artist who had just returned from China. The host asked her how China was, and she criticized China with a smile, saying it was dirty and rotten. Poor and so on, the audience present also enjoyed it very much, and there was laughter on and off the stage. For many Koreans, ridiculing China is the best way to enhance their "national pride", so they are willing to find out China's various weaknesses to laugh at. The news media are also very willing to cooperate with this mentality of the people and find ways to dig out Produce these things for the entertainment of the people. So I sometimes wonder how their reporters can find so many news that reflect China's poverty and backwardness. If I were a Korean who has never been to China, then I would 100% think that China is? Without such media and such education, South Korea It is easy to understand people’s antipathy and arrogance towards China. There are online articles saying that banners saying "Chinese are not allowed" appeared on the streets of bustling Myeongdong in South Korea. I believe this because I have seen the photos and more than one Chinese friend told me about being discriminated against by salespeople in Korean stores. Not to mention in South Korea, even in Qingdao and Wangjing, Beijing, there have been cases where Korean stores refused to accept Chinese people? I happened to be in South Korea when the historical incident in Goguryeo was at its worst in 2004. I saw Koreans burning the Chinese flag and demonstrating in front of the Chinese Embassy. At that time, I had the idea of ????escape from South Korea immediately. Later, I encountered a lot of propaganda on the street, saying that Northeast China and even Shandong were the territory of the "Three Koreas" in ancient times, but I could only ignore it.

"People cannot be shameless. If you are shameless, you are shameless."

Many Chinese people highly admire the Koreans' so-called "respect for Confucian tradition" and believe that they should learn from Korea. I was a little surprised when I heard such words. Later, when I saw the domestic media using almost disgusting language to report how Koreans respect their traditions, I suddenly realized that with such media, no wonder there are such misled citizens.

First of all, let me clarify that South Korea is a very Westernized country, and it can be said that it is completely Westernized. To give a simple example, Korean experts have argued that Korean is "the most concise and excellent language in the world", but now it is a disaster with foreign words. Restaurants are not called restaurants, and the English transliteration is "乐死特兰", (restaurant) tables Not to mention table, we also say "table" in English. What's even more mysterious is that my wife is also accustomed to being called "wife". It's so sad for Korean. It's so sad for me who recited Korean words seriously back then. good student. Now that proper nouns have given way to this kind of Korean transliteration, which is neither foreign nor native, is it better to simply speak English directly in the future? We must know that 70% of Korean words are Chinese characters, and the remaining 30% are also occupied by a large number of Western loanwords. Is this "the most concise and excellent language in the world" about to withdraw from the stage of history?

As for the remaining so-called "Confucian tradition", it is just what the Chinese media takes for granted. The Koreans will not admit it. What they started doing a long time ago is to cut off the connection between the so-called "Korean" culture and Chinese culture, that is, "de-Sinicization." The farce of changing "Seoul" from Seoul to "Seoul" has just passed. Now, several Korean congressmen have begun to advocate for changing "Hanjiang" to "Hanjiang". In South Korea, "Chinese medicine" was renamed "Korean medicine" and was promoted to the world as Korean medicine. Acupuncture is also considered to be invented by Koreans. I have not read Dae Jang Geum, so I don’t know if there is any distortion in it. However, Chosun Ilbo clearly reported this “discovery” and found a Frenchman to testify, claiming that he wanted to correct the world. The people's misunderstanding returned acupuncture to Korea. "Movable type printing" is also considered to be invented by Koreans first. This has led to a dispute with Chinese scholars. South Korea has established a special printing museum to completely erase China's achievements in "printing" and only exaggerate one-sidedly to promote itself. Guests from all over the world are invited to visit for free and are often promoted on international occasions.

I was fortunate enough to be invited to visit that museum, and I can only admit that they did a very good job in this regard. "A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the truth." Koreans are very good at "fictionalizing" the truth in this way.

Domestic media have also publicized how much Koreans attach great importance to the "Dragon Boat Festival", and it seems that they should give up the Dragon Boat Festival. But I'm sorry, I really can't feel it in Korea. First of all, none of the young people around me knew about the Dragon Boat Festival, and that day was not at all like a "national celebration" as the domestic media said. There was not even a day off, and everything was business as usual. Of course there are celebrations in some places, but they are just for show. They are public relations activities funded by the government. Why do they waste so much money and people? Taking the Dragon Boat Festival from the hands of the Chinese has become a cultural heritage of the "Republic of Korea". It is glorious and the "national self-confidence" has greatly increased. More importantly, it can be used as evidence in the future to "examine" the Korean national culture. Chinese influence.

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I have been asked many times in Korea: "Does China have a Mid-Autumn Festival?" "Does China have the Spring Festival?" Don't laugh. Many of them are PhDs from famous universities. So I got tired of answering them later: "The Chinese invented the lunar calendar, and China has all the lunar festivals." A doctor from a famous Korean university once discussed with me and swore that Oracle should have been spread from the Korean Peninsula to the Central Plains, and quoted some "arguments" from Korean scholars. I am too lazy to argue when encountering such a thing. I really hope that he will be in the international academic field. I gave this report at the meeting to show Westerners the "style" of Korean scholars. Later, I read an article by a Korean scholar. Darling, even the "sacred book" used by Dayu to control floods came from the Korean Peninsula. I can't find words to describe the academic ability of Korean scholars. It's astonishing. You must know that South Korea did not have its own written language until the 15th century. After the founding of the Republic of Korea, the use of Chinese characters was banned in order to "de-Sinicize". The history books that their scholars "referenced" were almost all Chinese history books written in Chinese characters. They had no writing at all before. Recorded history.

"Old people are like old people, and people are old; young people are like young people, and people are young."

I have read some articles written by domestic media, praising South Korea's human nature and sophistication, saying that South Korea People are polite, respect the old and love the young, etc. The hierarchical system is strict, indeed, respecting the elders, I admit it, but loving the young, I can only say that the author is talking nonsense. If we show the dignity of our seniors and constantly scold our juniors for being “bastards” and “grandsons”, and even give them two slaps on the back of the head and call them “loving”, I would rather the seniors don’t “love” them. Me, just leave me alone. As a foreigner, I naturally don't receive such "preferential treatment" in Korea. However, seeing the Korean juniors around me being teased and taught by their seniors but still obeying them, I really feel a little sympathy for them. But a year later, my sympathy also disappeared, because new people came and the juniors of the year became the seniors. For the new juniors, the methods of these "victims" are not ambiguous at all.

In South Korea, you must unconditionally obey what your seniors say, and you must not publicly refute unreasonable demands. Otherwise, you will become an outlier in the group, ostracized by everyone, and your life will be even more miserable. On the surface, the Korean small group is very united. Everyone eats, drinks, and does activities together (because they have to go, otherwise they will be excluded again), but in view of the completely unequal superior-subordinate relationship between the seniors and juniors, the juniors are If you don’t really respect your seniors, only ghosts know. As far as I know, many juniors and seniors who usually seem to be quite close to each other end up not getting in touch with each other for a long time once they separate. This may explain something. In addition, the Koreans I know really don't seem to have many friends. When they are really depressed, they rely on the authority of their seniors to "order" a few juniors to go out and drink with them, regardless of whether the other party is willing or not. Thinking about it, this kind of life is quite a failure, but Koreans are probably used to it.

In short, the social relations in Korea are very depressing. When I first went to Korea, I tried to integrate into their culture, but later I gave up.

Because I feel that if I really force myself to integrate into their culture, I will become a narrow and selfish person, a person who does not consider the feelings of others and uses authority levels to oppress younger generations. This will be very harmful to my future development. Yes, apart from Koreans, I really haven’t found any foreigners who like their social atmosphere.

“People must humiliate themselves first, and then others will humiliate them.”

Nowadays, many Chinese people always like to say that Koreans are ignorant and arrogant. This is actually largely because of South Korea. It is the actions of people themselves that give us this impression, and that bring about their own infamy. Moreover, these ignorant, rude, and arrogant behaviors are so numerous and common that they have become unavoidable for all Chinese people who have lived in South Korea. The most representative ones are the various strange questions that Koreans ask Chinese guests, many of which are even rude and enough to make the other party angry. However, I have already introduced Koreans' feelings towards China and their inconsideration of other people's feelings, so in their view, it is not considered rude at all, and they may even think that we are neurotic.

I saw an article on a Korean Chinese forum, which talked about some problems that Chinese people in Korea often encounter. I thought it was very interesting at the time, because it was almost exactly the same as what I had encountered. , it seems that everyone is similar. I’m excerpting and reprinting it here, I’m too lazy to type. . . .

A What do your parents do? Those who come to Korea must be rich Chinese people!

B Is there bread in China? Does China also have instant noodles? Does China also have apples? Are there singing studios (karaoke) in China? Does China also have billiard halls? China also celebrates the Spring Festival! Are there Internet cafes in China? Do Chinese people also use mobile phones?

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6 Very surprised! It turns out that this is how South Korea comments about China! Repost: South Korea in the eyes of the South Korean faction

In addition, China and South Korea still have a disputed area of ??120,000 square kilometers in the East China Sea. China advocates delimiting the continental shelf in the East China Sea based on the principle of natural extension, while South Korea advocates delimiting the continental shelf in the East China Sea based on the same median line as the continental shelf in the Yellow Sea. A disputed area of ??120,000 square kilometers is formed between the two lines. On January 30, 1974, South Korea and the Japanese government signed the "Agreement on the Joint Continental Shelf Development" in the East China Sea to develop oil and natural gas. The Chinese government has issued a statement stating that the above-mentioned agreement is illegal and invalid.

The Seoul City Council in South Korea held its 159th extraordinary meeting on October 24, 2005, and formulated a so-called resolution aimed at "abolishing the "Jiandao Treaty"". The resolution held that "Jiandao was originally "Korean territory" was "ceded" due to the signing between the Qing Dynasty of China and Japan. The resolution states that this move "goes against the will of the parties concerned" from the perspective of international law, so South Korea believes that the "Jiandao Treaty" signed between China and Japan is "fundamentally invalid." It is also said that international law believes that even if a treaty is "improper", it is usually considered valid one hundred years after it is signed (2009). Therefore, the resolution believes that the South Korean government should promptly file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice to "recover" Jiandao.

"Jiandao", formerly known as "Kendao" (named after a large number of Korean immigrants crossed the border for reclamation), is a beach on the north bank of the Tumen River in front of Guangji Valley in Helong County, Yanbian District, Jilin Province. It is Chinese territory. The Qing government and the Korean government had determined the national boundaries many times and determined that this area was Chinese territory.

Later, Japan fabricated the so-called "Jiandao Unsolved Case" and maliciously distorted the scope of the so-called "Jiandao", extending the beach ten miles in length and one mile in width to "south of Hailan River and Tumen River". To the north, there is a land about two to three hundred miles wide and five to six hundred miles long", that is, the four counties of Yanji, Wangqing, Helong, and Hunchun in China, trying to annex these places in one fell swoop. Through the multi-faceted efforts of Chinese officials and scholars, Japan's aggressive plot was finally thwarted. On September 4, 1909, representatives from China and Japan signed the "China-Korea Border Affairs Articles" in Beijing, the so-called "Inter-island Agreement."

It can be seen that South Korea and China do have territorial disputes, but the Chinese and South Korean governments are currently more pragmatic, especially since China is now facing pressure from Japan and the United States and wants to rise peacefully, so it has done all the above disputes. The most low-key treatment. The South Korean government does not dare to make mistakes, so there have been no major conflicts between China and South Korea so far. However, the Korean media has always had a "glorious tradition" of fanning the flames and creating anti-China sentiments. Coupled with the role of its education department, almost all Koreans now believe that China has "invaded" their territory, and its sinister intentions cannot be ignored.

Finally, to summarize the characteristics of the "Korean nation", in my opinion, the Korean nation and the Japanese nation are the most similar, especially after 50 years of Japanese colonial rule, they have quite a lot in common. .

1. The country has a narrow territory, poor natural resources, and relies heavily on foreign markets. After all, Japan has 300,000 square kilometers of land, while South Korea has less than 100,000. The economy is all export-oriented and raw materials are basically imported. When Japan was strong in history, it embarked on the path of military expansion.

2. A single nation is very exclusive and narrow nationalism is prevalent. Japanese right-wingers make the Chinese angry, but South Korea's more narrow and extreme nationalism often makes me sweat. I'm really glad that they are still divided and do not have strong strength.

3. For the sake of "national pride", we will not hesitate to tamper with history. I remember there was an article saying that the Japanese faked archaeology, which is despising. But then I saw the Korean "archeology", and I felt that at least the Japanese were still trying to create fake evidence. The Koreans even skipped this step and publicized the results. I don’t know if Japan is also engaged in “de-Sinicization”, but South Korea is a little too outrageous.

4. It did not inherit the essence of Confucianism and formed its own unique culture. Confucianism emphasizes "benevolence", which is difficult to associate with Japanese imperialism. And it is difficult to associate the social atmosphere in Korea and many of the Korean people's qualities with "benevolence" and "propriety". So their fur and airs are inherited, and they are more "Confucian" than what we do, but do they really understand it? I don't think so.

5. The post-war economic development models of South Korea and Japan are basically the same. Of course, South Korea copied Japan’s experience and system. Therefore, Korean elites highly respect Japan, almost to the point where they always refer to Japan. As for the much-publicized "anti-Japanese" in China, I'm sorry, I really didn't feel it in South Korea. The Koreans around me all have Japanese appliances, but we "poor" Chinese people bought relatively cheap Korean products to support their Samsung and LG. . There are indeed Korean-made cars on the streets, and there are very few Japanese cars. But if you go to the wealthy areas in Gangnam, there are also a lot of Lexus. The reason is very simple. Due to trade protection, the prices are high and ordinary people cannot afford them. Let me make a digression here. In the domestic car market, Chery and Geely are now selling better and better. I am really happy. These are our Chinese enterprises. We do not want trade protection and go head-to-head with joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises. Only in this way can we be competitive when we grow. I am optimistic about Chinese cars.

Actually, there are a lot of bits and pieces about Korea, such as Korean cuisine, Korean dramas, etc. I will write about it slowly when I have time in the future. As a "Korean-knowledge fan", I can also use some of my remaining energy and enjoy myself. Why don't you share with everyone, about South Korea, you know that I know that everyone knows, wouldn't it be nice

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